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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Merchants of the Hanse of Germany. King and Lords in Parliament. The merchants of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/125/6225
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/125/6225
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1394]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of the Hanse of Germany.
- Addressees
- King and Lords in Parliament.
- Nature of request
- The merchants of the Hanse of Germany trading in England complain that the customers of Southampton have charged them unwarranted and excessive new customs on their cloth, contrary to the terms of their privileges and charters, and despite orders to cease this and return the amounts taken, they have not done so. They therefore ask that certain lords be appointed to examine the situation, and resolve the matter.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Almaigne, [Germany]
- Southampton, [Hampshire].
- People mentioned
- [Edward III], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to? c. 1394, with reference to an order on the close rolls to the officials in Southampton to cease collection of new customs (CCR 1392-6, pp.238-9). The petition from the Hanse mentioned in that order is clearly not the present petition, as the order relates to customs on herrings, pitch, wood and other items, not the cloth concerned here, but the terms are very similar, and it seems likely that they relate to the same issues.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.34 of PRO 31/7/107
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 5475
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. V, 1392-1396, (Public Record Office, 1925), pp.238-9 (order to the mayor, bailiffs and customers of Southampton to cease collection of all new customs and bring the money collected to the Chancery)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208399/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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